Postoperative Sore Throat
Conditions
Interventions
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation group:Bilateral concha areas were selected. After the transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulator was placed, continuous stimulation was delivered
Sham-taVNS group:The transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulator was positioned identically and for the same duration as the taVNS group. A sham stimulation of 0.1 mA was briefly administered, af
Sponsors
Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Male or female patients aged between 18 and 80 years (inclusive). (2) Patients with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status I or II.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Preoperative sore throat or hoarseness. (2) The history of upper respiratory tract infection within 2 weeks; (3) BMI > 30 kg/m^2 (4) Mallampati class III or IV (5) People at high risk for reflux and aspiration (e.g., pregnancy, satiety, gastroesophageal reflux disease, or hiatus hernia) (6) History of using analgesics or steroids before surgery (7) Cognitive impairment, hearing impairment, language impairment, history of mental illness, communication or cooperation difficulties (8) Patients with tracheal intubation times >=2 times (9) Severe postoperative vomiting (10) Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury was confirmed during operation (11) The operation time was more than 4 hours
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of postoperative sore throat;Incision pain score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS scores for postoperative sore throat;Incidence of postoperative hoarseness;40-item Quality of Recovery (QoR-40) score;Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score;Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) score; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactWenfei Lv
Guang'anmen Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed